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2 requisition. The native physicians had previously administered
3 different remedies, hut without success. On examination, I found
4 that the stomach and intestines were affected, which disturbed
5 the functions of digestion, and caused a violent purging, with a
6 burning of the anus ; I commenced by bleeding him, and apply-
7 ing leeches ; after which, the diarrhoea having been suppressed,
8 an intermittent fever, exhibiting itself at various periods, of from
9 three to seven days, was the consequence. Observing no improve-
10 ment in the health of my patient, I conceived that the heat of
11 the climate exercised an injurious influence over him, and that
12 no hopes of his recovery could be entertained unless he were
13 removed. I therefore solicited permission for him to remove to
14 a cooler locality, upon which we were sent to Deenanuggur, in
15 the proximity of the mountains, to which place the maharajah
16 intended to retire with the court.
17 The disease having lasted three months, and the patient
18 becoming weaker, he began to complain of a burning at the
19 region of the heart ; I tried to apply some leeches, but I was
20 obliged to cease, owing to his falling into a swoon. He daily
21 grew worse and worse ; and shortly after became delirious, with
22 his eyes open, and his feet cold. The officers of his brigade,
23 who were accidentally present, shed tears for their general, whom
24 they expected to lose. I freely confess, that I had no hope of
25 his recovery, seeing that his strength was daily declining. In
26 this desperate state I applied three blisters, one on the nape of
27 the neck, and the other two on the calves of his legs ; at
28 the same time I gave him my favorite opiate (opium, camphor,
29 ipecacuanha and tartar emetic): and he thus was saved. In the
30 same night an eruption appeared, consisting of many thousand
31 pustules, principally on the neck, shoulders, and groins. From
32 that moment the disease visibly diminished ; his convalescence
33 took a rapid course, and after a few weeks he was entirely
34 recovered .
35 During the time of my patient's convalescence, Rajah Suchet
36 Sing came down from the hills to Deenanuggur, as was supposed,
37 to meet the court. One day, the kind Rajah Saheb invited me
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